The Gambler

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"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em!"

On the return journey from Aron's world, the Autobots are captured by a gambling-addicted alien and trading away, leaving Smokescreen and the Autobot bounty hunter Devcon to rescue them.

• Japanese title: "Monacus, the Gambling World"

Stats

Original airdate: November 11, 1985

Written by: Michael Charles Hill

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Others
Smokescreen Bumblebee Perceptor Inferno Optimus Prime Devcon	Astrotrain Ramjet Dirge	Bosch Slizardo Lord Gyconi Monacan loan shark Animalien

Other notes

Animation and/or technical glitches

• When Slizardo and Bosch approach Astrotrain, Slizardo's animation cell does not change, resulting in him appearing much smaller than Bosch.

Continuity errors

• In terms of airdates, this episode is DEFINITELY played out of order, as we've seen several of the characters that are still trying to escape from Aron's planet in Child's Play on Earth prior to this one.

Transformers references

• Slizardo would eventually return in the season 3 episode Grimlock's New Brain alongside the Skuxxoid.
• Devcon would later be featured in Universe's Wreckers' comic.

Keywords

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External links

• Dossier on the Cybertron Chronicle
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.